Thierry Rautureau

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rdf:langString Contestant on Top Chef Masters: Seasons 2 & 4

rdf:langString Co-Host of “In The Kitchen with Tom and Thierry” with Chef Tom Douglas

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rdf:langString Thierry Rautureau, nicknamed "The Chef In The Hat", is a Seattle, Washington celebrity chef and the chef/owner of several former restaurants, including Loulay and Luc. He is now "semi-retired", following his restaurants' difficulties with the COVID-19 pandemic. He apprenticed in Anjou, France, and at twenty moved to the United States to work at several fine restaurants. He became the chef/owner of Rover's Restaurant in 1987, and before closing its doors in 2013 it helped make him one of the most recognizable chefs around Seattle. Rautureau has won various awards including the James Beard Award for Best Chef in the Pacific Northwest in 1998, and has been awarded the Chevalier de l’Ordre Du Mérite Agricole by the French government. In 2010, Rautureau opened Luc, a French-American café and bar in Madison Valley. This was followed by Loulay Kitchen & Bar in 2013, a French-inspired restaurant that balanced the upscale Rover's with country-style cooking that he enjoyed growing up on the farm in France. Both restaurants closed in 2021, following difficulties with the COVID-19 pandemic, as the chef entered "semi-retirement". He has cooked for such well-known figures as Hillary Clinton, Francis Ford Coppola, Jackson Browne, and Julia Child.